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SK Smith

1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 matches for the club · also printed as Smith

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Debut v Melbourne, 1977-78 (12 Nov 1977)Last game v Essendon, 1994-95 (10 Dec 1994)Player no. 414 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1979: 2 and 4/43 v Richmond in 1983: 1/45 and 1 ct v Ringwood

86

Matches

340

Runs

12.59

Average

23

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

155

Wickets

20.31

Bowling avg

7/60

Best

13

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1977-78862552313.7567 (8)94/37
1978-7915743912*13.00163 (8)345/304
1979-8015103752310.71268.4467/60
1980-8114746922*23.00190.4253/123
1982-83128337137.40136.2174/401
1983-841174451615.00183155/423
1990-911064208*10.0013993/262
1994-951000––600/33
Career8651243402312.59923.4 + 230 (8-ball)1557/6013

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1977-78
  2. First five-for5/58v Richmond, 1978-79
  3. Highest score23v Essendon, 1977-78
  4. Best bowling7/60v Collingwood, 1979-80
  5. Last matchMatch 86v Essendon, 1994-95

Runs by season

1977-78: 55 runs5577-781978-79: 39 runs391979-80: 75 runs7579-801980-81: 69 runs691982-83: 37 runs3782-831983-84: 45 runs451990-91: 20 runs2090-911994-95: 0 runs

Wickets by season

1977-78: 9 wickets977-781978-79: 34 wickets341979-80: 46 wickets4679-801980-81: 25 wickets251982-83: 17 wickets1782-831983-84: 15 wickets151990-91: 9 wickets990-911994-95: 0 wickets

Every innings, in order

501977-78 v Prahran: 171977-78 v South Melbourne: 121977-78 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2*1977-78 v Carlton: 1*1977-78 v Essendon: 231977-78 v St Kilda: 01978-79 v Prahran: 2*1978-79 v Ringwood: 101978-79 v Northcote: 51978-79 v Carlton: 5*1978-79 v Essendon: 01978-79 v University: 12*1978-79 v St Kilda: 5*1979-80 v Carlton: 0*1979-80 v Waverley: 231979-80 v Richmond: 21979-80 v North Melbourne: 211979-80 v Footscray: 21979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 91979-80 v Collingwood: 10*1979-80 v St Kilda: 61979-80 v Prahran: 1*1979-80 v Melbourne: 11980-81 v Carlton: 2*1980-81 v Carlton: 91980-81 v Prahran: 13*1980-81 v Richmond: 01980-81 v Ringwood: 22*1980-81 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 91980-81 v South Melbourne: 14*1982-83 v Essendon: 131982-83 v University: 01982-83 v Collingwood: 61982-83 v Carlton: 31982-83 v Melbourne: 11982-83 v Prahran: 2*1982-83 v North Melbourne: 10*1982-83 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2*1983-84 v Footscray: 2*1983-84 v Richmond: 11*1983-84 v Collingwood: 8*1983-84 v North Melbourne: 21983-84 v South Melbourne: 61983-84 v Waverley: 161983-84 v Carlton: 0*1990-91 v Northcote: 0*1990-91 v University: 0*1990-91 v Prahran: 8*1990-91 v Footscray: 41990-91 v Melbourne: 8*1990-91 v Waverley-Dandenong: 0

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn12612315.251923.845/421
Prahran7431743.001620.694/37
Melbourne7108*5.001225.424/40
Greenvale Kanagaroos6332116.501216.673/12
Camberwell Magpies62410*24.001614.007/601
Carlton620910.00638.832/31
Richmond61311*6.501419.005/581
St Kilda61165.501015.405/291
Essendon5362312.00713.434/21
Casey South Melbourne53214*16.001019.605/301
Melbourne University51212*12.00529.003/45
Footscray5844.001414.215/661
Northcote5555.001114.364/48
Ringwood43222*32.00350.331/30
Dandenong1000.000–0/39

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
9725514*11.001
1021101642314.911
1123121211711.003

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–927
  • 10–1911
  • 20–294
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

3.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Caught14 · 52%
  • Bowled5 · 19%
  • Run out4 · 15%
  • Stumped3 · 11%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 4%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins1971542312.831
In losses2814136239.714
In draws324022*40.00
In ties111010*–
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins388217.682.2
In losses365325.041.5
In draws81029.401.3
In ties2107.705.0
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 6 (50%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 35 of 80 (44%), lost 36.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first32112302310.954
Batting second18131012320.201
Second innings of the match10999.00
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground37211662311.867916.707/60
Schramms Reserve73128*12.00550.802/40
Carlton Cricket Ground4512912.00441.252/31
Toorak Park442513*–824.133/28
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote42555.00715.713/15
North Melbourne Cricket Ground411010*–812.633/12
St Kilda Cricket Ground32663.00518.805/29
Victoria Park31666.00616.333/34
Albert Ground31111.00444.252/50
Central Reserve South Oval300––264.502/38
Western Oval2242*4.00615.835/66
Richmond Cricket Ground221311*13.00515.004/43
Russell Lucas Oval223222*32.00231.501/30
Glenferrie Oval2211911.00157.001/33
South Melbourne Cricket Ground211414*–716.715/30
Essendon Cricket Ground21232323.0045.254/21
Shepley Oval11000.00––0/39
University Oval100––220.502/41
Wickets taken
  • Caught89 · 60%
  • Bowled40 · 27%
  • LBW11 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled7 · 5%
  • Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)67 · 45%
  • Middle order (4–7)54 · 36%
  • Lower order (8–11)27 · 18%

6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/60 v Collingwood, 1979-80. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1977-78 to 1994-95: 40th of 84 for runs, 5th of 55 for wickets, 14th of 88 for matches, 28th of 76 for catches, 40th of 44 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 112th of 321 for runs, 19th of 172 for wickets, 43rd of 345 for matches, 101st of 279 for catches, 99th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • CA Moore2012-13 to 2018-19 · 97 m · 530 runs · 143 wkts
  • SJ Cook1979-80 to 1986-87 · 78 m · 188 runs · 109 wkts
  • K Campbell1936-37 to 1947-48 · 64 m · 317 runs · 94 wkts
  • RHW Liddicut1938-39 to 1950-51 · 70 m · 296 runs · 138 wkts

The careers nearest Smith’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1977-78: 8 matches, 55 runs, 9 wickets77-781978-79: 15 matches, 39 runs, 34 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1979-80: 15 matches, 75 runs, 46 wickets · 1st XI Bowling79-801980-81: 14 matches, 69 runs, 25 wickets1981-82: did not play81-821982-83: 12 matches, 37 runs, 17 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1983-84: 11 matches, 45 runs, 15 wickets83-841984-85: did not play1985-86: did not play85-861986-87: did not play1987-88: did not play87-881988-89: did not play1989-90: did not play89-901990-91: 10 matches, 20 runs, 9 wickets1991-92: did not play91-921992-93: did not play1993-94: did not play93-941994-95: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name Season away

1978-79: 1st XI Bowling · 1979-80: 1st XI Bowling · 1982-83: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Stephen Smith's best season with the bat was 1979-80: 75 runs from 10 innings at 10.71. The best ten-innings patch came in 1979-80 to 1982-83: 84 runs at 16.80. The leanest, 1983-84 to 1990-91: 44 runs at 8.80.

Rolling average, innings 8 to 51: 8.8 to 16.816.8

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/5821 Oct 1978v Richmond, 1978-79
50th wicket4/43 took him to 536 Nov 1979v Richmond, 1979-80
100th wicket1/26 took him to 1007 Dec 1980v Northcote, 1980-81
50th match14*, 2/31 & 0/407 Feb 1981v South Melbourne, 1980-81
150th wicket2/40 took him to 1501 Dec 1990v Footscray, 1990-91

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 45 matches
from v St Kilda, 1977-78 to v Waverley, 1980-81 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches
from v Melbourne, 1980-81 to v Waverley, 1980-81 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v St Kilda, 1977-78 to v Melbourne, 1978-79 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v University, 1982-83 to v Melbourne, 1982-83 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111977-78: 11 (6 inns, avg 13.75)1978-79: 11 (7 inns, avg 13.00)1979-80: 10 (10 inns, avg 10.71)1980-81: 10 (7 inns, avg 23.00)1982-83: 10 (8 inns, avg 7.40)1983-84: 11 (7 inns, avg 15.00)1990-91: 11 (6 inns, avg 10.00)1977197919821990

Batted at 11th for 2 seasons, moved up to 10th from 1979-80, dropped to 11th from 1983-84.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1977-7811613.75
1978-7911713.00
1979-80101010.71
1980-8110723.00
1982-831087.40
1983-8411715.00
1990-9111610.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home442491782311.878418.73
Away4227151622313.507122.18

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday7345203252313.0013919.50
Sunday61155*–630.67
Weekday753108*5.001025.30
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1475391319.501724.12
Nov221661232312.303922.13
Dec131035012*7.142716.67
Jan191077522*25.003918.82
Feb1373532313.252619.62
Mar510000.00725.86
Favourite victims
  1. JI Russ × 3
  2. P Deveson × 3
  3. AJ Paone × 2
  4. BJ Watson × 2
  5. DJ Broad × 2
  6. DL Gott × 2
  7. GB McBurney × 2
  8. GK John × 2

The card names his victims in 61 of 64 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. SK Smith × 7
  2. AJ Melbourne × 3
  3. RW Watts × 2
  4. SJ Cook × 2
  5. TV Considine × 1
  6. TW MacDonald × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1977-78Melbournednb2/50Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Prahran174/37Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78South Melbourne121/10Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Hawthorn-East Melbourne2*0/24Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Waverleydnb1/38Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Carlton1*1/35Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Essendon23–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78St Kilda00/40Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Melbournednb0/25Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Prahran2*2/34Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Richmonddnb5/58Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Ringwood101/30Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Northcote53/15Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Carlton5*0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Essendon03/40Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79University12*3/45Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Collingwooddnb3/34Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79St Kilda5*–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79South Melbournednb5/30 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Hawthorn-East Melbournednb4/29Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Waverleydnb0/62Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Footscraydnb3/17Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79North Melbournednb2/36Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Carlton0*2/31Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Waverley233/21 & 1/17Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Richmond24/43Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Ringwooddnb0/43Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80North Melbourne213/61Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Footscray25/66Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Hawthorn-East Melbourne91/33Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Northcotednb4/48Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Essendondnb4/21Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Collingwood10*7/60Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80St Kilda65/29Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Prahran1*4/52Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Melbourne10/69Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Universitydnb2/41Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80South Melbournednb1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Collingwooddnb1/25Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Universitydnb0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Carlton2* & 90/44Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Melbournednb3/33Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Prahran13*3/71Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Footscraydnb3/47Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Northcotednb1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81North Melbournednb3/12Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Richmond02/29Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Ringwood22*1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Hawthorn-East Melbourne91/37Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81South Melbourne14*2/31 & 0/40Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81St Kildadnb3/27Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Waverleydnb2/38Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Essendon130/0Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Northcotednb2/32Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83St Kildadnb2/33Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83University00/14Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Collingwood62/39Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Carlton32/46Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Melbourne14/40Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Prahran2*3/28 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Richmonddnb1/45Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83North Melbourne10*0/27Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Hawthorn-East Melbourne2*1/48Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Waverleydnb0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Footscray2*1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Richmond11*1/32Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Collingwood8*2/44Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Ringwooddnb1/45Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84North Melbourne21/38Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84St Kildadnb0/25Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84South Melbourne61/38 & 0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Melbournednb2/58Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Prahrandnb0/49Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Waverley165/42Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Carlton0*1/55Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Collingwooddnb1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Hawthorndnb0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Northcote0*0/31 & 1/6Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91University0*0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Prahran8*0/50Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Footscray42/40Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Melbourne8*1/30Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91North Melbournednb3/26Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Richmonddnb1/59Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Waverley-Dandenong00/39Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95Essendon–0/33Something wrong? Tell us

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